TOP CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT FLOPS WITH CALL FOR CANDIDATES TO EXIT GOVERNOR'S RACE

A late-hour attempt by California’s top Democratic official to thin out the party’s crowded field for governor emphatically flopped, leaving the contest virtually unchanged and Democrats vexed over the possibility of a Republican upset in November.

Outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has acknowledged fears inside the party that multiple Democratic candidates could undercut each other in the June 2 primary election, opening a pathway for a Republican to seize the top job in one of the nation’s most solidly Democratic states.

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